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Science and sustainability: An overview

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2009

Cornelia Butler Flora
Cornelia Butler Flora
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Professor, Department of Sociology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061.
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Several themes emerged from this conference suggesting how science can be better linked to sustainability. Major themes that need to be addressed include: institutions and change; linkages among different groups involved in the food system, from producers through consumers; indicators of sustainability that encompass “quality of life”; changing the behavior of farmers and researchers to make agriculture more sustainable; and new approaches to research that are suited to alternative agricultures. Throughout the conference these themes were developed as farmers, researchers, and others exchanged their diverse viewpoints and experiences. These viewpoints are reflected both in the formal papers published in this issue and in the comments of panelists that I will draw on in trying to convey the major themes of the conference.

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Selected Papers from the Conference on Science and Sustainability, Seattle, Washington, October 24–26, 1993
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American Journal of Alternative Agriculture , Volume 9 , Issue 1-2 , June 1994 , pp. 72 - 75
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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